25th KCM Master U1800 FIDE Rated Standard

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82 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 02 May 2026 to 03 May 2026 in Seremban2, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1687, and top seed was Mohd Hafizul Ishak (🇲🇾 MAS, 1763).

Mohd Hafizul Ishak (🇲🇾 MAS, 1763) won with 7.0/8, ahead of Iman Izzuddin Roslan (7.0) and Haresh Dheerendra Kumar (6.5). Ishak shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Alia Hannah Abd Latif (1427) beat Navin Siva Subramaniam (1646), a +219-point gap.

Location

🇲🇾Seremban2, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia

Dates

02 May 2026 → 03 May 2026

Time control

Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 8 rounds

Top seed

🇲🇾Mohd Hafizul Ishak1763

Avg top 10

1,687

Participants

Federations · 2 represented

🇲🇾Malaysia×58

🇨🇳China×4

Top 3

🥇
Mohd Hafizul Ishak
🇲🇾MAS·1763
7.0pts·1898perf+18.4
🥈
Iman Izzuddin Roslan
🇲🇾MAS·1731
7.0pts·1900perf+48.4
🥉
Haresh Dheerendra Kumar
🇲🇾MAS·1570
6.5pts·2043perf+44.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

Tight race until R8; 2 players tied at 7.0/8, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Roslan7Ishak7Kumar6.5Alexander6.5Noor Akbar6Thavaraj6

R8 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/8. Ishak takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (40.0).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Iman Izzuddin Roslan drew with Mohd Hafizul Ishak (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Iman Izzuddin Roslan 4 wins (R1–R4)Mohd Hafizul Ishak 6 wins (R1–R6)Haresh Dheerendra Kumar 5 wins (R3–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Iman Izzuddin Roslan	*	½	—	—
2Mohd Hafizul Ishak	½	*	½	—
3Haresh Dheerendra Kumar	—	½	*	—
4Matthew Alexander	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Ishak, Mohd Hafizul	1763	MAS	+69B	+29N	+11B	+6N	+17B	+9N	=2B	=3N	7.0	40.0	42.5	35.75	1898	+18.4
2	Roslan, Iman Izzuddin	1731	MAS	+55B	+41N	+74B	+15N	=9B	+26N	=1N	+6B	7.0	35.5	37.5	31.25	1900	+48.4
3	Haresh Dheerendra Kumar	1570	MAS	+71B	−16N	+48B	+43N	+5B	+17N	+7B	=1B	6.5	36.5	39.0	30.50	2043	+44.4
4	Alexander, Matthew	1635	MAS	+81B	=25N	+60B	=10N	=15B	+23N	+22B	+9B	6.5	32.5	33.0	25.50	1651	+2.4
5	Noor Akbar, Daniel Iskandar	1756	MAS	+61N	+34B	+12N	−9B	−3N	+14B	+24N	+18B	6.0	37.0	40.0	28.00	1673	-12.0
6	Aimran, Aiman Isyraf	1571	MAS	+47N	+67B	+27N	−1B	+45N	+16B	+18N	−2N	6.0	36.5	39.0	25.00	1653	+22.4
7	Thavaraj, Keshvin	1710	MAS	+72B	−74N	+14N	+24B	+10B	+11N	−3N	+15B	6.0	35.0	37.0	28.50	1671	-12.4
8	Haryulden, Muhd Haziq Darwisy	1715	MAS	+63N	+24B	−15N	=12B	=22B	+59N	+32B	+16N	6.0	32.0	35.0	25.00	1638	-16.4
9	Ahmad Kamal, Rustam Ikmal	1565	MAS	+20B	+68N	+19B	+5N	=2N	−1B	+40B	−4N	5.5	40.5	43.0	26.00	1699	+35.6
10	Alexander, Easther	1567	MAS	+39N	+36B	=42N	=4B	−7N	+56B	+20N	=11B	5.5	36.0	39.5	25.50	1505	-5.0
11	Azman, Afifah	1545	MAS	+54N	+56B	−1N	+36B	+49N	−7B	+39B	=10N	5.5	34.5	38.0	22.25	1585	+6.8
12	Md Rizam, Muhd Annas Syahmi	1526	MAS	+48B	+28N	−5B	=8N	−23B	+52B	+38N	+19B	5.5	34.0	37.5	24.00	1708	+28.4
13	Shahril Azahar, Nur Azzalea	1515	MAS	+37B	=40N	−25B	−50N	+53B	+48N	+35B	+23N	5.5	29.0	32.5	22.50	1274	-34.8
14	Cui, Jie	0	CHN	=?B	+?N	−7B	+60N	+25B	−5N	+31B	+22N	5.5	28.5	28.5	16.50	1616	0.0
15	Anuar, Nik Aqbar Hafiz	1520	MAS	+73B	+26N	+8B	−2B	=4N	=40N	+17B	−7N	5.0	39.0	41.5	23.25	1713	+36.4
16	Guo, Wenhao	0	CHN	+33N	+3B	+18N	−17B	+44N	−6N	+21B	−8B	5.0	38.0	42.0	25.00	1636	0.0
17	Siva, Dhivenesh	1599	MAS	+46B	+43N	+31B	+16N	−1N	−3B	−15N	+62B	5.0	36.0	39.0	20.50	1403	-41.2
18	Haiful Halan, Nurelhamra Hanan	1546	MAS	+22B	+78N	−16B	+19N	+28B	+21N	−6B	−5N	5.0	36.0	38.0	21.00	1644	+20.4
19	Cui, Yichen	0	CHN	+30N	+44B	−9N	−18B	+?B	+28N	+26B	−12N	5.0	33.5	33.5	17.50	1634	0.0
20	Saravanan, Kuberan	0	MAS	−9N	=33B	+58N	=30B	+29N	+44B	−10B	+40N	5.0	32.5	36.0	20.50	1603	0.0
21	Shoban Babu, Lavinesh Babu	1598	MAS	+79N	−27B	+47N	+61B	+42N	−18B	−16N	+45B	5.0	29.5	31.0	16.50	704	-50.0
22	Lim, Jing Yao	0	MAS	−18N	+32N	+50B	+29B	=8N	+34B	−4N	−14B	4.5	36.5	40.0	20.00	1610	0.0
23	Guo, Yile	0	CHN	−50B	+64N	=30N	+33B	+12N	−4B	+34N	−13B	4.5	34.5	37.5	19.75	1575	0.0
24	R Balan, Thivyasiny	1537	MAS	+77B	−8N	+37B	−7N	+54B	+42N	−5B	=26N	4.5	34.5	36.5	16.25	1383	-24.8
25	Maripayan, Mahadevan	1450	MAS	+51N	=4B	+13N	−49B	−14N	+58B	=33N	=41B	4.5	33.0	36.5	20.00	1587	+36.4
26	Abd Latif, Amir Harith	1638	MAS	+65N	−15B	+57N	+59B	+41N	−2B	−19N	=24B	4.5	32.0	35.0	15.75	1553	-22.4
27	Shu, Jun Hao Eloysius	1461	MAS	+35B	+21N	−6B	−28N	=48B	=51N	+49N	=30B	4.5	31.5	35.0	18.75	1618	+41.6
28	Ramaesh, Livinesh Raj	1652	MAS	+57N	−12B	+63N	+27B	−18N	−19B	=36N	+52B	4.5	31.5	34.5	16.75	1386	-42.4
29	Jivaratnam, Kanchanassri	1542	MAS	+70B	−1B	+76N	−22N	−20B	+46N	+51B	=35N	4.5	31.0	33.0	14.25	963	-8.8
30	Sivanantha, Lukesh Vinayak	1625	MAS	−19B	+71N	=23B	=20N	+46B	−39N	+59B	=27N	4.5	30.5	33.0	16.50	1642	+1.2
31	Siva, Kavinesh	1529	MAS	+62N	+49B	−17N	−44B	=38N	+45B	−14N	+56B	4.5	30.0	33.0	16.25	1481	-7.2
32	Abd Latif, Alia Hannah	1427	MAS	−42N	−22B	+73N	+76B	+36N	+49B	−8N	=33B	4.5	29.5	31.5	14.75	1653	+33.6
33	Lian, Wei Wah	1597	MAS	−16B	=20N	+81B	−23N	+64B	+60N	=25B	=32N	4.5	29.5	30.0	13.50	1553	-6.8
34	Senthilkumar, Tharveen	1542	MAS	+82B	−5N	+68B	+35N	=40B	−22N	−23B	+48N	4.5	29.5	29.5	12.50	1490	-5.6
35	Tan, Kai Yi	0	MAS	−27N	+79B	+67N	−34B	+61N	+41B	−13N	=29B	4.5	28.5	30.0	13.25	1444	0.0
36	Oo, Chun Yik	0	MAS	+?B	−10N	+?B	−11N	−32B	+43N	=28B	+50N	4.5	27.5	27.5	9.75	1539	0.0
37	Jayabalan, Preeyadhardshini	0	MAS	−13N	+66B	−24N	+65B	−59N	=61B	+55B	+?N	4.5	25.5	25.5	11.00	1318	0.0
38	Lee, Ru Shan	0	MAS	=?B	−60N	=?B	+?N	=31B	+50N	−12B	+53N	4.5	20.0	20.0	9.25	1530	0.0
39	Koh, Wei Jie	0	MAS	−10B	−?N	+72B	+?N	+74B	+30B	−11N	=?N	4.5	20.0	20.0	9.00	1557	0.0
40	Lim, Chin Hong	1610	MAS	+66N	=13B	+59N	=42B	=34N	=15B	−9N	−20B	4.0	32.5	35.5	15.50	1516	-25.2
41	Haiful Halan, Nurelhelwa Hilma	1542	MAS	+75N	−2B	+62N	+56B	−26B	−35N	=42B	=25N	4.0	31.0	33.0	12.75	1333	-30.0
42	Jayabalan, Vethavillasyni	0	MAS	+32B	+?N	=10B	=40N	−21B	−24B	=41N	=49B	4.0	31.0	31.0	13.00	1569	0.0
43	Athiswaran, Harshankumar	0	MAS	+45N	−17B	+51N	−3B	−56N	−36B	+78N	+66B	4.0	30.0	32.0	12.50	785	0.0
44	Wong, Zheng Kit	1572	MAS	+52B	−19N	+54B	+31N	−16B	−20N	−62B	+65N	4.0	29.5	32.5	14.50	2329	+17.6
45	Yap, Chee Siong	0	MAS	−43B	+52N	+?B	+74N	−6B	−31N	+?B	−21N	4.0	25.0	25.0	5.50	1545	0.0
46	Firdaus, Darwish Anaqi	0	MAS	−17N	−51B	+75N	+78B	−30N	−29B	+77N	+59B	4.0	24.5	26.5	9.00	1358	0.0
47	Jaganathan, Jeeva Prasant	0	MAS	−6B	+80N	−21B	−?N	−?B	+76N	+?N	+61B	4.0	17.5	17.5	6.50	1318	0.0
48	Zainal Abidin, Nur Amni Safieya	0	MAS	−12N	+65B	−3N	+57B	=27N	−13B	+67N	−34B	3.5	33.0	35.5	11.25	1310	0.0
49	Siva Subramaniam, Navin	1646	MAS	+53B	−31N	+55B	+25N	−11B	−32N	−27B	=42N	3.5	31.0	34.5	13.50	1242	-51.4
50	Mohan, Amutha	1582	MAS	+23N	−59B	−22N	+13B	=52N	−38B	+68N	−36B	3.5	30.0	32.5	14.25	1476	-11.6
51	Tee, Li Ler	0	MAS	−25B	+46N	−43B	=53N	+69B	=27B	−29N	=?N	3.5	27.5	27.5	10.50	1291	0.0
52	Vasanthamaran, Herrish	0	MAS	−44N	−45B	+80N	+67B	=50B	−12N	+60B	−28N	3.5	27.0	28.5	8.75	1467	0.0
53	FIDE 565009134	0	—	−49N	−62B	+70N	=51B	−13N	+63B	+58N	−38B	3.5	26.5	29.0	10.75	781	0.0
54	Abd Jalal, Mohd Marruan	0	MAS	−11B	+69N	−44N	+63B	−24N	=67B	=61N	=57B	3.5	26.0	28.5	10.00	1193	0.0
55	FIDE 35818719	0	—	−2N	+75B	−49N	=68B	−58N	+79B	−37N	+67B	3.5	25.5	27.0	7.25	1469	0.0
56	Kalaiyamuthan, Searan	0	MAS	+?B	−11N	+?B	−41N	+43B	−10N	=?B	−31N	3.5	23.5	23.5	4.00	1432	0.0
57	FIDE 565002814	0	—	−28B	+77N	−26B	−48N	+75B	+64N	−?B	=54N	3.5	23.0	23.0	8.75	839	0.0
58	FIDE 8678847	0	—	=60B	−?N	−20B	+81N	+55B	−25N	−53B	+70N	3.5	22.5	22.5	8.00	1185	0.0
59	Satiaseelan, Rehram	1436	MAS	+64B	+50N	−40B	−26N	+37B	−8B	−30N	−46N	3.0	31.0	34.0	11.00	1394	-8.8
60	Panir Sellvam, Siva Karthigeyan	1408	MAS	=58N	+38B	−4N	−14B	+68N	−33B	−52N	=63B	3.0	31.0	33.5	10.25	816	-18.4
61	Ahmad Faris, Ahmad Adeeb	0	MAS	−5B	+70N	+78B	−21N	−35B	=37N	=54B	−47N	3.0	30.0	32.0	8.50	877	0.0
62	Shahril Azahar, Nur Adeena	0	MAS	−31B	+53N	−41B	=69N	=?B	F	+44N	−17N	3.0	25.5	25.5	8.75	1410	0.0
63	Teo, Sen Hao Andrew	0	MAS	−8B	+82N	−28B	−54N	=70B	−53N	+72B	=60N	3.0	25.5	25.5	5.25	1319	0.0
64	FIDE 35864745	0	—	−59N	−23B	+79N	+66B	−33N	−57B	−65N	+75N	3.0	23.5	25.0	6.50	717	0.0
65	FIDE 565007107	0	—	−26B	−48N	+82B	−37N	+76B	−?N	+64B	−44B	3.0	21.5	21.5	5.00	812	0.0
66	FIDE 35888776	0	—	−40B	−37N	+77B	−64N	+?B	−?N	+75B	−43N	3.0	19.5	19.5	4.00	1435	0.0
67	Shahril Azahar, Nur Adelia	1405	MAS	+80B	−6N	−35B	−52N	+71B	=54N	−48B	−55N	2.5	27.0	28.5	5.75	771	-11.2
68	FIDE 565011180	0	—	F	−9B	−34N	=55N	−60B	+69N	−50B	+73N	2.5	25.0	25.0	6.75	724	0.0
69	FIDE 35876352	0	—	−1N	−54B	+71N	=62B	−51N	−68B	−73N	+80B	2.5	24.5	26.0	5.50	963	0.0
70	FIDE 35819464	0	—	−29N	−61B	−53B	+77N	=63N	−?B	+79N	−58B	2.5	21.0	21.0	5.00	729	0.0
71	FIDE 35876700	0	—	−3N	−30B	−69B	+82N	−67N	−77B	=80N	+79B	2.5	21.0	21.0	2.25	733	0.0
72	FIDE 565007131	0	—	−7N	−76B	−39N	−75B	=80N	+81B	−63N	+82B	2.5	19.5	19.5	1.25	910	0.0
73	FIDE 35889705	0	—	−15N	=81N	−32B	−?N	−79B	+82N	+69B	−68B	2.5	16.5	16.5	2.75	701	0.0
74	Abd Seit, Mohd Nurrusydi Izzat	1538	MAS	+76N	+7B	−2N	−45B	−39N	F	F	F	2.0	26.5	26.5	8.00	1721	+19.2
75	FIDE 35899590	0	—	−41B	−55N	−46B	+72N	−57N	+80B	−66N	−64B	2.0	23.5	25.0	4.00	742	0.0
76	Thavaraj, Nainitha	0	MAS	−74B	+72N	−29B	−32N	−65N	−47B	+81N	−78B	2.0	22.5	23.0	3.00	702	0.0
77	FIDE 35861860	0	—	−24N	−57B	−66N	−70B	+82B	+71N	−46B	−?N	2.0	20.0	20.0	2.50	727	0.0
78	FIDE 574002880	0	—	F	−18B	−61N	−46N	+81B	−?N	−43B	+76N	2.0	18.5	18.5	2.50	714	0.0
79	FIDE 565002822	0	—	−21B	−35N	−64B	=80B	+73N	−55N	−70B	−71N	1.5	23.5	25.0	3.25	798	0.0
80	FIDE 565010736	0	—	−67N	−47B	−52B	=79N	=72B	−75N	=71B	−69N	1.5	19.5	21.0	3.25	605	0.0
81	FIDE 35893273	0	—	−4N	=73B	−33N	−58B	−78N	−72N	−76B	F	0.5	23.5	23.5	1.25	816	0.0
82	FIDE 565009533	0	—	−34N	−63B	−65N	−71B	−77N	−73B	F	−72N	0.0	20.0	20.0	0.00	742	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Roslan, Iman IzzuddinMAS
+48.4
7.0 pts · #1
2Haresh Dheerendra KumarMAS
+44.4
6.5 pts · #12
3Shu, Jun Hao EloysiusMAS
+41.6
4.5 pts · #21

Top rating losers

1Siva Subramaniam, NavinMAS
-51.4
3.5 pts · #38
2Shoban Babu, Lavinesh BabuMAS
-50.0
5.0 pts · #69
3Ramaesh, Livinesh RajMAS
-42.4
4.5 pts · #41

Biggest upsets

R6+219 Elo gap
Abd Latif, Alia Hannah1427 beat Siva Subramaniam, Navin1646
R3+195 Elo gap
Anuar, Nik Aqbar Hafiz1520 beat Haryulden, Muhd Haziq Darwisy1715
R4+191 Elo gap
Ahmad Kamal, Rustam Ikmal1565 beat Noor Akbar, Daniel Iskandar1756